Medicine - religion - spirituality global perspectives on traditional, complementary, and alternative healing

In modern societies the functional differentiation of medicine and religion is the predominant paradigm. Contemporary therapeutic practices and concepts in healing systems, such as Transpersonal Psychology, Ayurveda, as well as Buddhist and Anthroposophic medicine, however, are shaped by medical as...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Lüddeckens, Dorothea (Editor), Lüddeckens, Dorothea, 1966- editor (editor), Schrimpf, Monika, editor
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bielefeld, Germany transcript Verlag 2018
Bielefeld, Germany : [2018]
Edición:1st ed
Colección:Religionswissenschaft
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Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009434675306719
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  • Frontmatter 1 Contents 5 Preface and Acknowledgements 7 Introduction 9 Medicalized Healing in East Africa 23 Medical Discourses and Practices in Contemporary Japanese Religions 57 Self-fashioning of the Hereditary Siddha Practitioner 91 Ayurveda and Discursive Formations between Religion, Medicine and Embodiment 133 Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) as a Toolkit for Secular Health-Care 167 Crossing Fields 201 Mapping the Boundaries between Science and Religion 241 List of Authors 273